Mitty showed it could take on the Central Coast Section’s best right off the bat Friday night as Thomas Reynolds ran back the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown in the Monarchs 28-14 win over No. 2 ranked St. Francis.

The West Catholic Athletic League’s football season kicks off with a bang this weekend – and one of the best matchups of the week features a pair of undefeated teams.
Archbishop Mitty (4-0) is off to a great start with wins over Pioneer, Milpitas, Analy and Salinas.

St. Francis (3-0-1) has looked impressive since tying Oak Grove 14-14 in its home opener, defeating South San Francisco, Los Gatos and beating St. Marty’s of Stockton last week on an 84-yard interception return by Robert Enquist as time ran out.

With Palma’s loss to De La Salle, another team moves into the top spot in the Mercury News rankings of CCS teams. Keep in mind that Palma didn’t have an especially strong hold on No. 1 anyway, even though the Chieftains stayed fairly close most of the game.

Really, no CCS team has looked dominant so far and Oak Grove (2-0-1) becomes the third different team to hold the No. 1 spot after only Week Three of the season.

Palo Alto fell short in its first big test of the season, but the Vikings showed signs of life that gave them hope for the rest of the season in the last three quarters of their 35-14 loss to Oak Grove.